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News In Brief

Higher auction margins and private sales have boosted Sotheby’s most recent results. Figures for the first quarter of 2017 show an improvement on the same period last year.

Auction margins – effectively the saleroom’s average cut when an object sells at auction – increased from 15.4% to 18%.

Higher returns from private sales, which were up 41% for the quarter, were also an important factor. For the first quarter of 2017, Sotheby’s reported a net loss of $11.3m which was a $14m improvement over last year.

Posting a first-quarter loss is not unusual given the main auction series occurs in the second and fourth quarters of the year.

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